Are there any free public park activities available at Salesforce Park?
Free public park activities are available to all who visit Salesforce Park. Please see below for a listing of our activity offerings. You can follow updates by checking back to this webpage or following our social media channels @TransitCenterSF.
What is Salesforce Park in San Francisco?
Salesforce Park is like an open-air library where you can settle in with a book | Photo: Whitney Moss Several of our contributors have taken their children on this outing, where the only expense is either your BART fare or parking.
Are Dogs Allowed at Salesforce Park?
Everyone’s welcome to enjoy this public park, a living roof where a curved walking trail lined with benches surrounds grassy lawns, dancing fountains, a children’s play area, and an amphitheater. While we love our four-legged friends, dogs are not allowed at Salesforce Park, which is home to delicate plants and habitat and 13 unique ecosystems.
Is the glass gondola at Salesforce Park free?
Given how expensive most Bay Area attractions have become, I was absolutely stunned to learn that an outing to San Francisco’s Salesforce Park, including a ride in the glass gondola, is free. Located at Mission and Fremont Streets, at the base of the future Transit Center, the gondola operates from 8 am to 8 pm and there is no ticketing required.
How much did Salesforce Park cost?
$2.2 billionThe project, which stands at 425 Mission St., is four stories tall and four blocks long. Its cost is estimated at $2.2 billion, including the repairs and reinspections that followed discovery of the cracks. (Though the project is a public venture, the software company Salesforce bought naming rights for 25 years.)
How do I get into Salesforce Park?
The easiest way to access it by escalator is from the Grand Hall. Those escalators touch down on the Bus Deck, and if the visitors walk forward to the next group of escalators, those will take them to the Park. Visitors can also access via the Salesforce Tower bridge.
Where do I park for Salesforce Park?
650 California St Parking - $10 $30. Cheapest bookable Garage. ... Impark - 555 Market Garage - $40. Closest bookable Garage. ... Meter - $6 for 2h. Usually 2+ spots available. ... 875 Howard Street Parking - $10. Nearby Garage. ... 50 Broadway Parking - $18. ... Hills Plaza Garage - $20 $24. ... 333 BUSH GARAGE - $20 $42. ... Butterick Garage - $20.More items...
Is Salesforce Park owned by Salesforce?
Salesforce doesn't own any part of the bus facility or the park—it can't, as they're both public facilities.
Can I visit Salesforce Park?
Yes, this is a public building and a public park, owned and operated by Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA). Both are open to the public.
Can the public visit Salesforce Tower?
Best of all, it is free. However, currently it is open to the public only one day a month when 4 tours are offered, each lasting one hour. So if you want to visit the Salesforce Tower when you are in town, prepare to be disappointed unless you have made your reservation months, or maybe a year in advance.
How long is the walk around Salesforce Park?
The perimeter of the park is a walking trail that spans half a mile. Along the trail are 13 small botanical gardens with flora and fauna representing different regions of the world.
Can you picnic at Salesforce Park?
Ample seating and grassy open areas provide ample spaces for relaxing, reading, picnicking, or joining the activity offerings. The entire 5.4 acres is surrounded by feature gardens with year-round displays.
Is Salesforce Tower dog friendly?
Unfortunately, pets are not allowed inside Salesforce Tower.
Who built Salesforce Park?
Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA), the Salesforce Transit Center is about 1,430 feet (440 m) long and 165 feet (50 m) wide.
How high up is Salesforce Park?
about seventy feetIt is a linear park—longer than it is wide—and is elevated about seventy feet above the sidewalk. Its lush, verdant lawns, deliberately overgrown, are two googly eyes short of a Jim Henson character. The buildings that surround it are a kaleidoscope of black and aqua glass.
Is the Salesforce building sinking?
This isn't an uncommon construction method in the Bay Area (and sections of downtown San Francisco are sinking at about three-quarters of an inch every year) and the Millennium Tower design team still maintains that the building's issues stem from soil compaction caused by the construction of the adjacent Salesforce ...